How to Make Camoflauge Fondant

Living in an area where hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities fill the surrounding mountains, meant that sooner or later, someone was going to ask me to make a camouflage cake.  So, instead of waiting (dreading) that moment, I went ahead and learned to make it before I had to learn under pressure!

I decided to make this post a picture tutorial, and hopefully it will be helpful to others who *suffer* the same fate as I.

Can there be princess fondant?

First, whenever you’re working with fondant, you need a mat.  Coat that baby in Crisco!  Some people like to use cornstarch when working with fondant, but I prefer the grease.

I didn’t really know where to begin, so I just started rolling and piecing different colours together.  ** This is one change I will make the next time I do this: I will start the piecing process on a thin piece of white fondant, rolled out to the size of the cake, and then start to piece them together.  Basically, this will allow you to cover the cake with a single sheet of fondant, instead of the many, many little pieces that I used.**

I laid small pieces randomly on top, and then cut around it, removed the bottom piece, and fit the top piece into the hole…just like a puzzle!

Piecing, piecing, piecing . . . at this point, I worried that I wouldn’t be able to lift the fondant in one piece, so I decided to put it on the cake at this point.  Stupid move.  You can’t get it off after you’ve laid it down, and therefore, I had to cut and place every single piece that was left, while working on the cake!

Happy hunting!  Please don’t wear camo outside of the bush.  Please, just don’t.  I don’t care where you live.  This has been a fashion service announcement.   Oh, and this cake was a chocolate cake, filled with caramel.